Robert Malcolm WATSON

WATSON, Robert Malcolm

Service Number: 48
Enlisted: 16 March 1915
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 1st Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 27 December 1893
Home Town: Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Vermont, Victoria, Australia, 14 December 1963, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
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World War 1 Service

16 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 48, Army Pay Corps (AIF)
10 Apr 1915: Involvement Sergeant, 48, Army Pay Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
10 Apr 1915: Embarked Sergeant, 48, Army Pay Corps (AIF), HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
1 Dec 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, Army Pay Corps (AIF)
1 Feb 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Army Pay Corps (AIF)
1 May 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Army Pay Corps (AIF)
5 Oct 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Company
26 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Company, "The Last Hundred Days", GSW right leg note: congratulated for gallant services. 22/9/1918
20 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Machine Gun Battalion

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